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Full-Day Kindergarten: Effects on Maternal Labor Supply

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  • Elizabeth Dhuey

    (Department of Management University of Toronto Scarborough Toronto, Ontario M5S 2E8 Canada)

  • Jessie Lamontagne

    (Scotiabank Toronto, Ontario M5A 0E1 Canada)

  • Tingting Zhang

    (School of Labor and Employment Relations University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL 61820)

Abstract

We examine the effects of offering full-day kindergarten as a replacement for half-day kindergarten on mothers’ labor supply using the rollout of full-day kindergarten in Ontario, Canada. We find no effect on the extensive margin but found an effect on the intensive margin. In particular, we find that access to full-day kindergarten increases weekly hours worked and decreases absenteeism among mothers with kindergarten-aged children. This effect is driven by specific subgroups, namely, nonimmigrant mothers with low education levels who live in urban areas and have only one child.

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  • Elizabeth Dhuey & Jessie Lamontagne & Tingting Zhang, 2021. "Full-Day Kindergarten: Effects on Maternal Labor Supply," Education Finance and Policy, MIT Press, vol. 16(4), pages 533-557, Fall.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:edfpol:v:16:y:2021:i:4:p:533-557
    DOI: 10.1162/edfp_a_00321
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